{"id":2033466,"date":"2025-09-19T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2033466"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:25:25","slug":"david-letterman-blasts-the-fcc-for-pressuring-jimmy-kimmel-off-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/david-letterman-blasts-the-fcc-for-pressuring-jimmy-kimmel-off-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"David Letterman Blasts the FCC for Pressuring Jimmy Kimmel Off the Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/09\/david-letterman-jimmy-kimmel-reaction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Letterman Blasts the FCC for Pressuring Jimmy Kimmel Off the Air;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">David Letterman Blasts the FCC for Pressuring Jimmy Kimmel Off the Air<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Consequence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Consequence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/david-letterman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Letterman;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">David Letterman<\/a> has weighed in on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> being <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/09\/abc-jimmy-kimmel-live-charlie-kirk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:indefinitely pulled off the air;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">indefinitely pulled off the air<\/a> after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC over comments made by Kimmel about the death of Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/david-letterman-reaction-jimmy-kimmel-pause-1236548402\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>, Letterman called the move \u201cmisery\u201d while speaking at The Atlantic Festival on Thursday. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t go around firing somebody because you\u2019re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office, that\u2019s just not how this works.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_agt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_agt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_agt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_igt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_igt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_igt56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then, Letterman leaned into his experience with cracking jokes about six different US presidents: \u201cThe point is beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately in the name of comedy, not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis guy [at] the FCC said, \u2018We can do things the easy way. We can do things the hard way,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cWho is hiring these goons? Mario Puzo?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Popular Posts<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequenceofsound.activehosted.com\/f\/3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Subscribe to Consequence\u2019s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Subscribe to Consequence\u2019s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post David Letterman Blasts the FCC for Pressuring Jimmy Kimmel Off the Air appeared first on Consequence. David Letterman has weighed in on Jimmy Kimmel Live! being indefinitely pulled off the air after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened ABC over comments made by Kimmel about the death of Charlie Kirk. 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